Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1980

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (222 babies) and Michael for boys (213). Social Security records list 10,351 babies born in South Dakota in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1980

Names given at least 15 times in South Dakota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Becky: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kari: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jodi: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Katie: 56 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kristi: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Miranda: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jill: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Nichole: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Kara: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Heidi: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Cody: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tyler: 43 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Beau: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lance: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Troy: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jesse: 89 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Casey: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dustin: 85 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cory: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	222	–	1
2	Jessica	176	–	3
3	Amanda	171	↑1	2
4	Melissa	130	↓1	4
5	Sarah	111	↑3	5
6	Amy	110	↑1	8
7	Heather	94	↓1	6
8	Nicole	94	↑1	7
9	Rebecca	88	↑2	17
10	Angela	86	↓5	12
11	Michelle	83	↓1	10
12	Erin	79	↑8	20
13	Amber	76	↑1	22
14	Sara	71	↑1	27
15	Lisa	59	↓3	16
16	Stephanie	58	–	13
17	Katie	56	↑18	44
18	Jamie	52	↓5	24
19	Laura	50	–	21
20	Megan	50	↑17	30
21	Elizabeth	46	↓4	9
22	Kimberly	45	↓1	11
23	Christina	44	–	15
24	Tiffany	44	↑20	14
25	Kelly	42	↑2	19
26	Crystal	40	↓2	18
27	Emily	40	↑4	31
28	Rachel	40	↑1	23
29	April	39	↑1	26
30	Tara	39	↓2	43
31	Jill	38	↓9	66
32	Carrie	37	new	46
33	Andrea	36	↓15	28
34	Kristin	35	new	37
35	Mary	35	↑5	25
36	Heidi	32	↓11	79
37	Erica	30	↑5	34
38	Julie	30	↓12	32
39	Dawn	29	new	67
40	Holly	29	↓8	52
41	Karen	25	new	54
42	Nichole	25	↓4	>100
43	Stacy	25	↓9	53
44	Melanie	24	↑5	60
45	Misty	24	↓2	49
46	Shannon	24	↓13	29
47	Anna	22	new	55
48	Katherine	22	new	35
49	Kristi	22	↓13	>100
50	Kari	21	↓5	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	213	↑1	1
2	Justin	193	↑5	13
3	Matthew	175	↓2	6
4	Joshua	169	↑1	7
5	Ryan	166	↑1	15
6	Christopher	156	↓2	2
7	Jason	156	↓4	3
8	John	125	↑1	8
9	Eric	122	↑6	16
10	Nicholas	114	↓2	17
11	David	106	↑3	4
12	Travis	105	–	37
13	Robert	104	↑6	9
14	Brian	103	↓3	12
15	James	103	↑1	5
16	Jeremy	102	↓6	18
17	Daniel	93	↑1	11
18	Nathan	92	↑3	36
19	Jesse	89	↑9	45
20	Adam	86	↓3	22
21	Dustin	85	↑16	44
22	Aaron	77	↓9	34
23	Andrew	76	–	19
24	Scott	75	–	33
25	Brandon	74	↑9	31
26	Joseph	71	↓4	10
27	Chad	67	↓7	39
28	Timothy	63	↓3	20
29	William	61	↑7	14
30	Benjamin	56	↓3	32
31	Jeffrey	56	↓5	27
32	Jonathan	50	↑8	21
33	Mark	49	↓4	30
34	Thomas	49	↓2	25
35	Anthony	47	↑4	24
36	Bradley	46	↓3	51
37	Charles	46	↑11	29
38	Paul	46	↓7	35
39	Derek	44	new	50
40	Steven	43	↓5	28
41	Tyler	43	↑9	>100
42	Patrick	38	↑4	38
43	Jacob	37	new	43
44	Jared	37	new	61
45	Kevin	37	↓15	23
46	Cory	36	new	83
47	Cody	35	↓9	>100
48	Casey	34	↓6	93
49	Shawn	32	↓5	47
50	Jeremiah	31	new	76

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